Surah Saad · Ayah 57·Makkī

57

هَٰذَا ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Rarest here: غ-س-ق — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

4 words · 20 letters · āyah 57 of 88

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 37:67 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

    Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.

  • Quran 78:25 · An-Nabavery close

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

  • Quran 44:45 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

  • Quran 67:7 · Al-Mulkclose

    إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

    When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

  • Quran 37:66 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.

  • Quran 56:55 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:57 include Quran 37:67 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 78:25 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 44:45 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 67:7 (Surah Al-Mulk). For example, 37:67 reads: “Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 38:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:57 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.”

Which surah is verse 38:57 in?

Quran 38:57 is āyah 57 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.